Hospital fundraising drives report strong early results
Volunteers in Winchester memorial hospital campaign report a building fund of 890000 with 85 subscriptions totaling 8791 at the last meeting in the George Washington hotel. J Pinckney Arthur praises the team as John H Senberger commends the results and notes the next meeting next Monday at 7. Winchester women lead with divisions and teams posting the top scores and averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Emorial Hospital
George Washington
J. Pinckney Arthur
Car Paien
Treave
John H.senberger
Secor
Winchester En
Comander J. Curtis Fray
H. Solenberger
J. A. Scroth
Miss M L. Steele
J. Curtis Fray
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fgrove White
Business and Mercantile
John H. Rosenberger
W. Nelson Page
Memorial
Winchester Women’s Exec Assn Forms Alarm System Panel
Members of the Winchester Women’s Executive Association directed a committee led by resident Taylor Barr to engage Gamewell Fire Alarm Co to inspect and repair the city alarm system. At the aviation meeting a discussion noted unsatisfactory service and no action on new codes was taken yet. A retirement plan investigation for local fire company personnel was also delayed, with a next meeting set for June 9 at South End fire hall.
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Winchester Wemen’s Executive Assn
Taylor Barr
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co
Arr
Fir
Lyune 9
South End
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast May Fifteenth to Nineteenth
Virginia forecast shows temperatures averaging two to four degrees above normal with a warmer weekend and little change early next week. Expect showers on Tuesday and Wednesday with total rainfall between one quarter and one half inch.
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Virginia
Peoples Restaurant
S. Loudoun St
PEN Fountain Service
McGuire Re elected Head Of Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dr. Hunter H. McGuire was reelected president of Winchester Memorial Hospital Corp. at the annual board meeting. Officers named include John H. Rosenberger as vice president Dr. James A. Miller as secretary and H. E. Alberti as treasurer with nine new directors joining thirty reelected members.
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Hunter H. McGuire
Winchester Memorial Hospital Corp
John H. Rosenberger
James A. Miller
H. E. Alberti
Hunter McGuire
B. B. Dutton
Fred L. Glaize Jr
Clifford D. Grim
Col
George Greenhalgh
Harry F Byrd Jr
J Sloan Kuykendall
W. H. Lawrence Jr
John Rosenberger
Fe. Grove White
Andrew Bowen
Douglas Brown
L. B. Sirbaugh
J. H. Yost
Paul Rosenberger
Charles Coffman
Morton C. Mumma
Edward B. Lee
L. B. Whitacre
C. Vernon Eddy
Frank Armstrong Stoudo
Me Alien
Dembly Cy Stuart Sr
P . Boyd
A. T. Hawthorne
Hugh Clerk
C. O. Dearmont
George Snarr
A. P Osborne
J. E. Madden
John M. Fishpaw
Garland R. Quarles
Ohn S. Scully, Jr
Joseph F. Moore
Kerr Kump
Abram Hewitt
George Burwell
Alexander McKay- Smith
Frank Tappan
H B. McCormac Jr
I. Fred Stine
Harold Brow
E T. Clark
7. B. Byrd
E. P. Browning
Harry I. McCann
George Greennazh
Steelworkers Bar Reds From Office
The CIOs largest union the steel workers barred communists from holding office. The 3200 delegates amended the union constitution to keep communists from any local or international post or committee membership while executives weighed signing non communist affidavits under Taft Hartley law.
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Boston
CIO
Steelworkers
Dewey and Stassen to Debate Monday in Portland
Gov. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen will meet in a radio debate in Portland on outlawing communism. Oregon's Republican preferential ballot is scheduled for May 21.
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Portland
Ore
Gov
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
Farmers rush to finish corn planting in Frederick county
Prospective ending of four days of showers pleases corn farmers though delays persist in planting this spring. Ground from grazing land is being used and total corn acreage is forecast at 12 500 acres with most planting by May 20. Hybrid seeds dominate US 13 448 357 99 262 white Pioneer 510 Funk 515 W. Barley 1500 acres oats 200 and wheat 11 000 show good stands with light rust in low spots. Alfalfa first cutting expected by May 20.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
US 13
Illinois
Pioneer
WPI
Shenandoah Valley
Stine
Senator Overton of Louisiana Dies at Hospital
Senator John H. Overton of Louisiana died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 72 after abdominal surgery on May 5. A longtime political figure, he entered Congress in 1931, rising to the Senate with Huey Long's backing and serving as ranking Democratic member of the Senate public works committee.
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Washington
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Overton
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Huey P. Long
Edwin S. Broussard
Senate Public Works Committee
Miners Trapped 175 Feet Below Ground in Rain Flood
In Shamokin Pennsylvania rescue crews heard signals that three coal miners trapped 175 feet underground by heavy rain were using tools to dig themselves out. Firemen assisted rescuers who had been bailing water for 36 hours as crews moved toward the adjoining shaft.
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Shamokin
State of Israel Established as British Mandate Ends
The State of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv marking Jewish independence as Britain ends 31 years of rule in Palestine. The National Council asserts historic Jewish right to a homeland and UN recognition amid looming conflict with Arab states. The Arab League plans an interim administration with occupying forces if invasion occurs.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Israel
National Council
Britain
Holy Land
Jeruslaem
U. N
United Nations
Arab League
London
Arab Office
Trans-Jordan Arabs Give No Invasion Sign
Amman May 14 The Trans Jordanian capital shows no signs of preparation for invasion as the mandate ends. Three thousand men of Trans Jordan's Arab Legion remain on security duty under British command in Palestine and London says the Legion will depart but locals doubt it. No invasion plans are confirmed as refugees hope for an Arab offensive against Jewish settlements.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Abdullah
Holy Land
Jordan
Arab Legion
London
Tel Aviv
House Speakers Open Debate on Anti-red Bill
In Washington on May 14 the House debated a measure to curb communism seen as aimed at exposing domestic agents of a foreign foe. Supporters argue it would crimp the communist party’s operations and reveal members. opponents call it an assault on civil liberties and labor rights. The bill faces hours of debate before likely passage and Senate consideration.
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Washington
House
Communist Party
Senate
Allen
Rules Committee
Cox
D-Ga
Sabath
D-Ill
Rankin
D-Miss
Marcantonio
ALP
Hitler
American Girl Among Dead In Three Crashes
Kathleen Lady Hartington daughter of Joseph P Kennedy and British lord Fitzwilliam died in a storm crash in France. A US Air Force B 29 near Dhahran Saudi Arabia left 13 dead or missing with one survivor. A Sabena DC 4 wreck in the Belgian Congo reported 31 aboard with casualty details unresolved.
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Associated
Eve Ae Riley
Lady Hartington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Boston
Army Air Force
Saudia Arabia
Congo
Privas
France
Kathleen Lady Hartington
Joseph P
London
The
Riviera
Lord Fitzwilliam
Earl
Frankfurt
Germany
United States Air Force
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Amd
Circus Arrival Stirs Whele City with Big Top Setup
Circus trains unloaded 25 railroad cars on Wyck and Front Royal Road as crowds gathered to watch the Dawes Dailey Bros show. Elephants helped haul gear for the 10 ton six pole big top while police managed traffic and schools dismissed early for the matinee.
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Dailey Bros
T Royal Rd
Wyck
Loudoun
C. E- Garber
Front Royal Rd
Wyck Street
Ge RT
President Defiant on Secrets Issue
President Truman defied demands for confidential White House records. He told a news conference that Congress has no right to access cabinet members records and would veto any bill to compel disclosure, unless he believed the veto could be overridden.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Coperess
GOP Sidesteps Outright Fight On Civil Rights
Senate leaders mapped strategy after a 38 to 37 vote redirected a bill to approve a regional southern educational compact. Morse of Oregon proposed recommital to study anti discrimination amendments but faced southern opposition and a Dixie filibuster risk. The roll call ended with the measure recommitted by one vote, delaying major civil rights action for the year.
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Washington
Senate
Holland
D-Fla
Russell
Morse
Sen
Ore
Judiciary Committee
Byrd
Truman
Arre Lion
Dixie Democrats
Reciprocal Trade Pact Renewal In U S House
President Truman urged renewal of the reciprocal trade program without crippling amendments to preserve American leadership. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a Republican backed bill extending the act for one year with a veto power on tranzepts if tariff limits are exceeded, a move Democrats oppose as sabotaging the program. Knuton stated the measure would reach the House floor Tuesday for a final vote.
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Washington
Truman
America
House
Congress
Feceral Tariff Commission
Weys and Means
Knuton
R-Minn
Katherine Greene Funeral Rites Held in Virginia
Funeral rites for Katherine Glass Greene 82 longtime Virginia educator and author were held at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church with interment at Mt Hebron cemetery. A descendant of Col James Wood she founded Ft Loudoun seminary and led numerous societies including DAR and the Washington Society of Children of the Revolution. Her writings included Winchester and Its Beginnings and The Evolution of the Conception of God.
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Virginia
Katherne Glass Greene
Loudoun St. Presbyterian Church
Moon
Ft. Loudoun
Harry Raynor Greene
Ronald S. Wilson
Joseph 8
Duckwall
Mt. Hebrom Cemetery
Col. Wood
Kathrine Glass
William Wood
Nancy Rebecca ‘Campbell Glass
Greene
Wood
Winchester
Fairfax Hall
Harvard
Colog
Johns ‘Hopkins
Univer ‘Vy
Pt. Loudoun Seminary
Fpt. Loudoun
DAR
Lawrence Augustine
Washington Society of Children of the Revolution
Colonial Dames of America
State of
District of Columbia
League of American Penswomen
United Daughters of the Confederacy
United States Daughters of 1812
Pi Gamma Mu Fraternity
Century
Civic
Music
Garden
Stony Mead
Sketch
University of Virginia Record
Conception of
God
Ani
James Wood
Society of Cincinnati
True Stories of
Ft. Loudoun Seminary
Shenandoah Alley
Governor Sends Troops to Back Up Court Order
Minnesota National Guard is being called out to back a court order amid strikes at Cudahy and Co. packing plants in Newport and South St. Paul. A mob of about 200 raided the Newport plant, damaged interiors, freed hogs and took 30 workers hostage, most later freed. two injured and a physician treated six. The CIO says no guard is needed and notes workers’ families and jobs at stake.
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Paul
Minn
Minnesota National Guard
Newport
South St. Paul
Luther Youngdah
Cudany
Ellard Walsh
Cudahy and Co
R. J. Swenson
UPWA
CIO
National Guard
Cudahy Gate
Prizes Offered To Young Farmers In Beef Cattle Judging
Forty teams from nine Virginia counties will compete in a beef cattle stock judging contest at Farmers Livestock arena in connection with the Winchester sale. Teams judge Herefords, Angus and Shorthorns. Farmers and Merchants National Bank offers three cash prizes to top teams and five to top individuals. National Farm Seed Assn offers three prizes for net estimations.
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FFA
Virginia
Farmers Livestock Arena
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
National Farm Sea Assn
Wanted Settled Women for Silk Finishing Jobs
Job ad from Riteway Cleaners seeking settled women for silk finishing with good wages and permanent positions. Apply in person. Dated notice likely March edition. Primary call for experienced applicants from local employment section.
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Riteway Cleaners
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H.H. McGuire
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Stassen
Senator Overton
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Belgium
Belgian Congo
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Garland M. Canter
Clarke County
Emily Lindsey
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Kenneth B. Gupin
Godfrey Phillip
Peters Studios
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